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2001 Annual Meeting
Wednesday, January 3, 2001 - Saturday, January 6, 2001
San Francisco, California
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Annual Meeting Workshop on Property, Wealth
and Inequality

Discussion Issues – Concurrent Session on Trust and Estates
Tanya Kateri Hernandez, St. John's University School of Law

1. What is the most effective manner to overcome student resistance to discussions of the role of inherited wealth in continuing societal wealth inequality?

2. What kinds of cases, probate code provisions, or reading materials are particularly helpful at encouraging students to consider issues of wealth inequality?

3. What is the most useful way to facilitate wealth inequality classroom discussion about the following topics amongst others:

a. Power to transmit property at death,
b. Estate Taxation,
c. Dynasty Trusts,
d. Spendthrift Trusts,
e. Trust Law & Resource Limits for Government Assistance Benefits, and
f. "Cultural" Capital?

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